About a hundred youth activists scuffled with riot police in Yerevan on Tuesday as they tried unsuccessfully to block a central city avenue during renewed protests against a recent increase in electricity prices in Armenia.
The activists mostly affiliated with the youth movement No To Plunder briefly blocked traffic through a section of Marshal Bagramian Avenue opposite President Serzh Sarkisian's official residence after rallying in a nearby public park.
The group, which provoked a two-week nonstop demonstration in Yerevan in June, decided to resume its campaign of "civil disobedience" after the Armenian government made clear that it will subsidize the electricity price only for households and some small businesses.
Armenian News
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